Chapter 21: Before Parting

Zhao Wuregret walked on the road, looking at the people in a circle, hearing all the content of Journey to the West, and seeing the storytellers foaming at the mouth talking excitedly about the stories they wrote, he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Because history has changed before Zhao Wuregret crossed, will anyone still write Journey to the West in the future? Probably not.

Zhao Wuregret thought, this is to prevent the classics from being dusty, speaking of which his offering is not small, this world because of hundreds of years of war, without those wonderful poems of the Tang Dynasty, has lost a lot of color in terms of culture.

Could it be that Heaven allowed Himself to travel through to bring those poems to this world? By the way, save one or two beauties, such as Wei Zihan, such as ......

When I came to Wanjuan Bookstore again, I thought that there would be no one here when the books were sold out, but what I didn't expect was that the entire store was full of people, and even at the door, there were many people crowding forward.

In addition to the nature of Chinese people who like to watch the excitement, there are more people pointing around the street.

It took a lot of effort for Zhao Wuregret to 'kill' a way, and when he walked to the door of the bookstore, he saw a group of people talking excitedly around the shopkeeper Zhu, but the shopkeeper Zhu kept smiling bitterly and making amends.

As soon as he saw Zhao Wuregret's arrival, Shopkeeper Zhu hurriedly confessed to everyone and took him to the second floor.

"What's going on with these people? Do you want movable type printing?" Zhao Wuregret frowned and asked.

"That's not it," Shopkeeper Zhu said with a wry smile, "They came to buy Journey to the West, but Childe you know that our bookstore has limited funds, and only 3,000 copies were printed before, which is not enough for them alone." ”

"Didn't all the books sold today?" Zhao Wuregret asked suspiciously, the funds should have returned.

"Gongzi doesn't know, the cost of a book is less than 300 Wen, and the selling price is 800 Wen, even if the funds are recovered, it can only print about 1,000 copies, which is very different from the number they want, and each person can only buy a little in limited quantities, but some of these people are going to be transported to Shudi, and some are going to be transported to the Central Plains, and the dozens of hundreds of copies are still too few for them," Zhu shopkeeper shook his head and said.

"That's what makes you worry about that," Zhao Wuregret looked at Shopkeeper Zhu with strange eyes.

"Oh, isn't there a solution to this?" Looking at Zhao Wuregret's eyes, Shopkeeper Zhu saw the meaning of despising his IQ, so he asked.

"You go down first and call a few people with the largest order volume to come up," Zhao Wuregret didn't answer, but directly ordered.

After a while, under the leadership of Shopkeeper Zhu, five middle-aged men were brought up.

"Let me introduce you to you, this is Zhao Gongzi, the author of Journey to the West," Shopkeeper Zhu said with a smile, "You may not know that it was Zhao Gongzi who made a decision at the Yangzhou Poetry Conference a few days ago." ”

"Ah, it turned out to be Zhao Gongzi, I have been looking up for a long time."

"I've heard of Gongzi's talent for a long time, and it's really extraordinary when I see it today."

"Only a master like Zhao Gongzi can write a great story like Journey to the West."

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Everyone didn't want money for a while, whether it was true or not, it made Zhao Wuregret a little fluttering, and he also knew that with the spread of the poems at the Yangzhou Poetry Conference, his reputation was repeatedly mentioned, and the poems he made were also sung.

It's a pity that on the author of Journey to the West, he didn't take a loud name, and the shopkeeper Zhu didn't even ask himself, so he directly wrote the three big characters of Zhao Wuregret on the author's name, you know, in ancient times, celebrities and scholars had a loud name, such as Mr. Wolong, such as Feng Xiao, Mr. Shuijing, Dongpo Jushi, Qinglian Jushi, of course, the latter two do not exist in this time and space.

"Hehe, you have a good reputation, please sit down," Zhao Wuregret didn't have too much enthusiasm, just lightly invited, celebrities should have the demeanor of celebrities, if others praise you a few words, you will jump to your feet and be happy, that person will only look down on you, only like yourself is not shocked by the demeanor of a master, Zhao Wuregret thought.

Everyone chatted about the weather for a while, and chatted for a while about the two major Oiran in Jinling, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in Zhao Wuregret's mind, but was interrupted by one person.

"I don't know what advice Zhao Gongzi asked us to come up?" A chubby bookseller asked.

Zhao Wuregret was annoyed for a while, he just remembered something, he was interrupted, speaking of which, in the first few days of being rescued by Lin Ruoyi, he had no memory at all, but the memory of other times was not lacking at all, when they talked about the two major Oiran in Jinling, this was a flash of inspiration, as if it was related to their own injury, it seems that they are going to find two Oiran in Jinling to ask, but they don't know which one to find.

Now is not the time to think about these questions, seeing that several other people have stopped talking, and are all looking at themselves seriously, then he said:

"I heard that everyone wants Journey to the West, right? And it's a lot of it?" Zhao Wuregret said lightly.

"That's the case," said the fat bookseller, "I'm going to ship it to Zaiyuan, and I want ten thousand ......, not twenty thousand." ”

"I want 20,000 copies too." The other also hurriedly said.

"I'm going to ...... too"

Everyone quarreled, which made Zhao Wuregret smile, thinking that they were not in a hurry, as soon as they came up, they talked about the weather and women, and they were all pretended.

"Okay, you can have as many books as you want," Zhao Wuregret's words made them all stop, and looked at the shopkeeper Zhu suspiciously, didn't he say that there were only a few thousand books before, and everyone could only get a few hundred books, how could there be as many as there were now?

The shopkeeper Zhu was also confused, and he didn't know what was going on, how could his printing workshop have so much money to print so many books.

"You all want to get the book first, don't you?" Seeing that everyone nodded, Zhao Wuregret smiled and said, "I have a way to let you get the book first."

"Childe speak quickly." Someone asked hurriedly.

"It's very simple, our printing workshop is not unable to print, but there is no money to print more books, you just need to pay the deposit first, the one who pays the full amount gets it first, the one who pays eighty percent later, the one who pays fifty percent later, pays ......, forget it, at least fifty percent must be paid, and the rest of the people who have not paid the deposit will wait until the deposit pays the book to get the book, and then come to get the book."

Shopkeeper Zhu's eyes lit up when he heard this, while the others were thoughtful.

"That, can't Zhao Gongzi let the paper mill owe it first, and then pay them after it is printed? Of course, we will pay for the book as soon as we get it. A bookseller thought for a moment and said.

"If we print more, and you don't want it then, won't we lose money? And after paying the deposit, there will be no problem," Zhao Wuregret shook his head and said, "Of course, if you are not satisfied, you can refuse, and we will ask the others downstairs to come up." ”

"Well, I'll pay the deposit," said the fat bookseller firmly, "and I'll pay ...... 20,000 copies in full. ”

"I also pay the full amount, and I also want 20,000 copies."

"I also want 20,000 copies, but, Shopkeeper Zhu, when will you be able to print so many of our books?"

Looking at everyone's eyes, Shopkeeper Zhu carefully calculated and said, "I will invite a few more masters, a few guys, at most ten days, with three sets of templates to print, and your books can be delivered within ten days." ”

Everyone was thoughtful, they were not people who didn't know how to do it, and they knew how long it took to carve a set of templates, but with the repeated guarantees of Zhao Wuregret and Zhu Shopkeeper, and set up a note, they paid the full amount.

It's not that they don't want to print it themselves, but the price sold by Wanjuan Bookstore is cheaper than the one they print, so they naturally don't want to do more.

Next, Zhao Wuregret invited a lot of booksellers to come up, although they didn't want as many people as just now, but they added up to a lot.

It took a lot of time, and finally it was all done, Zhao Wuregret handed over the remaining chapters in his hand to the shopkeeper Zhu, looking at the small text, the shopkeeper Zhu couldn't help but smile bitterly, I didn't expect such a talented person to be able to write this kind of words.

"That shopkeeper Zhu, I'm going to Jinling in a few days, you see, can I withdraw some silver first?" Zhao Wuregret said with some embarrassment.

"Of course you can," Shopkeeper Zhu said with a smile, "I heard that the young master of the Lin family has been promoted, I think the son should also go with him, but this copper coin is not easy to carry, or I will exchange it for gold for you." ”

"Well, that's fine," Zhao Wuregret nodded and said, there is no deposit and exchange in this time and space, it seems that it is not bad to open a money bank at that time, and then get the Jiaozi of the Northern Song Dynasty out, and then it will not be possible to make a fortune if you want to.

But the most important thing is that I don't have to worry about only a few dozen copper coins left in my arms, looking at the direction of Jinling, maybe it will be more exciting when I get there.

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